I loved cinema while growing up and, for the longest time, wanted to be a director. Robert Carlyle More Quotes by Robert Carlyle More Quotes From Robert Carlyle It's much more fun to be ugly. Robert Carlyle uglyfun Acting, the arts in general, is a magnet for the wounded of society. Robert Carlyle magnetactingart I never rehearse. Never! I think it's a waste of time. Robert Carlyle wasting-timewastethinking I'd totally be attracted to a geek girl! Robert Carlyle geekgirl Hunger's a great spur. Robert Carlyle spurshunger I've always believed that as an actor anything you're asked to do is within you. You just have to try and find it. Robert Carlyle always-believeactorstrying I used to be a rabid reader, but now it's scripts or nothing - network television is quite relentless, and you can't drop the ball. Robert Carlyle ballsscriptstelevision I'm in four different films this year, and I have four different accents. I sound different in every film. You have to love a character to play it well, and change in my work is what I want. Robert Carlyle changecharacteryears When I look back at my past and the way I grew up, I grew up on communes. That was meant to be. Robert Carlyle lookswaypast At times of the severest depression, humor is what binds people together. Robert Carlyle togetherdepressionpeople I've really enjoyed my work in television, but the problem for me is the turnover of directors every week. Robert Carlyle problemdirectorstelevision Acting is a really insular thing. Robert Carlyle acting I hate the word 'hippy.' Robert Carlyle i-hatehate I think you should only wear jewellery if it has a story behind it. Robert Carlyle shouldstoriesthinking Guys, particularly in the West, go to the gym and train for hours and hours to pick up something that is heavier than them. Why would you want to do that? Robert Carlyle guywestwant My first love is art, and I see a lot of things in an artistic way. Robert Carlyle first-lovelove-isart I do tend to divide my childhood into darkness and light, and the first seven years were certainly the darkness. Robert Carlyle childhoodlightyears I never go anywhere without my iPod. Robert Carlyle ipods I've never been good at accepting jobs six months down the line. I can't do it. If I'm thinking about this, I can't think about that. So I always seem to fly by the seat of my pants. Robert Carlyle six-monthsjobsthinking I want to keep audiences off balance, so they don't know who I am or how to take me. If I duck and weave, as Frank Bruno might say, I'll have a longer shelf life. Robert Carlyle ducksbalancewho-i-am
